Two residents were seriously injured at NYCHA's Weeksville Gardens on Dean St. near Schenectady Ave. in Crown Heights Sunday morning. (Google Maps)

Two residents of a Brooklyn housing complex were seriously injured when a bedroom ceiling collapsed early Sunday, officials said.

The two victims, ages 24 and 17, were inside a Weeksville Gardens apartment on Dean St. near Schenectady Ave. in Crown Heights at about 2:30 a.m. when a portion of the ceiling collapsed, according to authorities.

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Daniel Jeter Sr. heard a "big loud crash" from another room, followed by screams, he told CBS New York.

He rushed into the bedroom, where he found his son and his son's girlfriend buried under a heap of sopping wet insulation and plaster, according to the TV station.

Jeter said sections of his ceiling have collapsed before, in incidents that occurred last year and on Friday.

Both victims were rushed to Kings County Hospital in serious but stable condition.

A NYCHA spokeswoman said that the ceiling had been compromised because of a leak in the attic.

"This is unacceptable. Our staff is making repairs now and working to provide a new home to these residents immediately," spokeswoman Jasmine Blake said.

"We must do better to provide all residents the safe, clean and connected communities they deserve."